When dubbing a film into another language has been done very well, the sound team has taken advantage of which aspect of speech perception?
A) You cannot tell, just by looking, how rounded or spread a speaker's lips are held unless you have extensive familiarity with the speaker's face and lips.
B) The McGurk effect works only for vowels, so the soundtrack has more influence than the video image.
C) Viewers take pride in their own language, so they tend to "see" it in all actor speech, especially when the actor is attractive.
D) Voicing and tongue gestures are barely visible, or are invisible, meaning that the actor's appearance is compatible with multiple phonemes.

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The correct answer is D because voicing and tongue gestures, which are crucial components of speech production, are not easily visible to viewers. This allows the sound team to dub the film in another language without the visual cues conflicting significantly with the auditory cues, making the dubbing less noticeable and more seamless.

When Dubbing a Film into Another Language Has Been Done